Category Archives for Sports
Triple Crown
Joel Rosario riding Orb May 18th will be the running of the Preakness thoroughbred horse race. The Preakness is the second race of the Triple Crown. Hopefully we’ll see the horse, Orb, win the Preakness and get a chance to run for … Continue reading
Who had the greatest NBA season ever?
Some of the greats, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson Who had the greatest NBA season of all time? Which player contributed the greatest amount of offensive production to their team? Who was the most valuable? Brian gives weight to … Continue reading
Jackie Robinson
The movie “42″ is the story of Jackie Robinson, a baseball player who became the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball since the game was segregated in the 1890’s. Robinson broke the baseball color barrier when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him in April, 1947. He contributed to … Continue reading
The Greatest March Madness Program
Based on this data, which do you think is the greatest March Madness program ever? Once students decide their “best program ever” challenge them use a different criteria than they originally used. That is, ask them to think of another … Continue reading
Albert Pujols … On Pace? 2013
Albert Pujols, entering into his 13th year as a MLB player in 2013 could be on pace to break lots of records! In 2012 Albert signed a 10-year $240 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels. In his first season … Continue reading
The Perfect Bracket?
What are your chances of picking the perfect March Madness College Basketball Tournament bracket? How does the change from 64 to 65 to now, 68 teams in the field complicate things? How many brackets would you need to fill out … Continue reading
Iditarod race
On Sunday, March 3rd, the incredible endurance Iditarod race began officially in Anchorage and then restarted in Willow, Alaska. There is so much mathematics in this race that our activity feels totally insufficient. But, perhaps the activity will raise interest … Continue reading
Super Bowl and NFL posts
Use the Super Bowl and Football hype to motivate your students with one of our activities. Just click on any of the green links to go to that activity & post. 4th down – Use data to analyze whether to … Continue reading
Cost of Super Bowl ads 2013
Let your students practice using scientific notation as they calculate the incredible cost of Super Bowl commercials. After working with these costs, students share their memories of the ads, express their opinions about them and decide who the marketing was … Continue reading
How have Super Bowl ads changed?
Here’s one more Super Bowl analysis to motivate your students: 4 million dollars for 30 seconds of ad time. That is how much a 30-second commercial costs during the 2013 Super Bowl. Wonder how much it will be in the … Continue reading
Typical Super Bowl scores 2013
The Super Bowl is coming up! Are you planning to share a prediction for the score of the big game? Don’t leave it all to chance, use math to help you get a better idea of what to expect for … Continue reading
4th Down
It’s 4th down. Should you go for it? Punt? Kick a field goal? Instead of using your gut, use research, data and math to make the right call … The graph below gives the recommended option for 4th down situations … Continue reading
Super Bowl Numerals, XLVII
Super Bowl numbers are appearing again. When students see the current Super Bowl hype, let them understand the notation that all of the sports writers and advertisements are using. Introduce Roman numerals to your students as they learn the rules … Continue reading
Losing team in the playoffs 2013
In the 2011-2012 NFL season Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos made the playoffs without a winning record and advanced in a thriller of a game by beating the Steelers. Even though the Broncos did not have a winning record … Continue reading
